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Wadsworth, Jeremiah (1743-1804) to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03606 Author/Creator: Wadsworth, Jeremiah (1743-1804) Place Written: Hartford, Connecticut Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 19 July 1787 Pagination: 1 p. ; 22.6 x 17.4 cm. Order a Copy

Returns letters that he borrowed, including one from "the Marquis" (possibly Lafayette), and sends greetings from mutual friends. Also asks Knox to "forward the inclosed with yours to the Marquis's care."

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Wadsworth, Jeremiah, 1743-1804

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